Will Rogers Rule of Thumb

Everything is changing ... people are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Arthur Schopenhauer Rule of Thumb

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law ... if it goes past the center of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Rule of Thumb

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Jimi Hendrix Rule of Thumb

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Paul Hochfel Rule of Thumb

As a country, [Americans] spend twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed countries and our government directly or indirectly funds 60 percent of it ... at 17 percent of our GNP, much greater than our international competitors, this expense is a cancer on our economy ... our health care system will remain broken until the focus shifts from profits to health ... this is now a political problem.

Abraham Lincoln Rule of Thumb

It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us ... that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

George W. Bush Rule of Thumb

It's no exaggeration to say the "undecideds" could go one way or the other.

Michael Tomasky Rule of Thumb

Whenever you see in a political poll that something around 35% of the people take a particular position, you know that that position is agreed to only by pretty hard-core ideologues.

Noah Brier Rule of Thumb

A country that doesn't have economic dominance can't dominate in power (military) and influence (philosophy).

Will Rogers Rule of Thumb

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other!

Martha Stewart Rule of Thumb

The more conservative the host, the longer the length of the dress.

John McCain Rule of Thumb

You win more votes by energizing your base than by persuading undecided voters.

Groucho Marx Rule of Thumb

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.